matan

See also: matán, mâțan, and mätän

Asturian

Verb

matan

third-person plural present subjunctive of matar

Finnish

Adjective

matan

genitive singular of matta

Anagrams

manat

Galician

Verb

matan

third-person plural present indicative of matar

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).

Noun

matan f

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	matan^L	matain^L	maitnea^H
Vocative	matan^L	matain^L	maitnea^H
Accusative	matain^N	matain^L	maitnea^H
Genitive	maitne^H	matan^L	matan^N
Dative	matain^L	maitneaib	maitneaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

matindae

Descendants

Irish: maidin
Manx: maddin, madjin
Scottish Gaelic: madainn

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmatan/ [ˈma.t̪ãn]
Rhymes: -atan
Syllabification: ma‧tan

Verb

matan

third-person plural present indicative of matar

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa. Compare Malay mata.

Noun

matan

eye

Volapük

Etymology

From mat +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [maˈtan]

Noun

matan (nominative plural matans)

spouse (husband or wife), consort
married (one) (acting semantically as the English adjective, though literally: "married person")

Declension

declension of matan

	singular	plural
nominative	matan	matans
genitive	matana	matanas
dative	matane	matanes
accusative	matani	matanis
vocative ¹	o matan!	o matans!
predicative ²	matanu	matanus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

himatan (“husband”)
jimatan (“wife”)

Derived terms

matanapär (“husband and wife, married couple”)
matanik (“spousal”)

Related terms

mat (“marriage, wedlock”)
matikön (“get married”) vi
matön (“be married”) vi
matükön (“marry”) vt

Yámana

Noun

matan

three

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